The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

BOSTON — There was some confusion over the nature of the events, but the end result was Matt Fraser watching Tuesday’s 2-0 win over the Flames in a suit and emergency call-up Craig Cunningham making his NHL debut.

Fraser had played in the previous four games since being called up himself from Providence on Dec. 8. He practiced Monday and participated in the morning skate Tuesday.

But in pregame warmups at TD Garden, Fraser did not take line rushes. Cunningham skated on the fourth line with Gregory Campbell and Jordan Caron, and did the same once the game started.

Shortly after the game began, a Bruins PR rep informed the media that Fraser was not a healthy scratch, indicating that an unknown injury was keeping Fraser from playing. Asked after the game if he could provide an update on Fraser's status, coach Claude Julien seemed baffled.

"There’s no update on Fraser," he said, asking the reporter, "Was there supposed to be an update?" Told that the team had said it was not a healthy scratch, the bewildered Julien said, "He was a scratch."

Fraser, acquired in the Tyler Seguin deal last summer, was scoreless in four games on the Canadian road trip last week while averaging 9:27 of ice time. Asked before Tuesday's game for his evaluation of Fraser, Julien said "he’s done a pretty good job" before later adding "he’s a guy that has produced a fair amount in the AHL and we’d like to see him be able to do that here too."

The 23-year-old Fraser has 86 goals in the AHL over the last three years, including 16 this season.

Cunningham played 14 shifts for 8:16 of ice time Tuesday, registering four shots on net.

"It was nice to get the first one out of the way," Cunningham said. "I was a little nervous my first shift. The pace is a little quicker than in the American League but after my first shift I thought I settled in."